Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-22
THE u. P. SCHEME.

Details of the Alleged Plan to Surfen-
der the Main Line.
Lincoln, April 19-There is q very
quiet but we'll defined rnmor circulating
in certain quarters to the effect that the
Union Pacific stockholders are playing
a pretty deep game with Unole Sam and
are quietly preparing to surrender the
old Union Pacific main hne for the
government debt and abandon their
Omaha and Council Bluffs terminus.
making the several branches of the pres.
emit Union Pacific, which are owned by
them independent of the government
line, o new system OF lines, with Lincoln
as their eastern terminus. The main
features involved in this plan consist OF,
first q through line from Lincoln to Dem
yer, with q connection at Lincoln with
the old Iowa pool lines and. second q
linking together Of all the
present Union Pacific branches
with this Lincoln and Denver line,
making, with the Oregon Short Line
and the Eanver and Rio rande q new
system to be called the Lincoln, Denver
and Pacific. This is conducted under
cover of the old st. Joseph and Grand
Island road, which 1t is definitely known,
is owned by the old Union Pacific
regime, who have never parted with
control OF the Union Pacific branch
lines. The operations 80 far consist in
building under an alias branches of the
st. Joe and Denver from Fairfield, Neb,
to ~Stromabnrg, there connecting With
the Union Pacific branch from Lincoln
which now becomes Q trunk line from
Lincoln to Fairfield, and from there te
Denver via Alma over q line TO- under
construction. At Grand Island q con
nection rs made by the st. Joe and
Grand Island with the Union Pacific
branch lines to ST. Paul. Neh.. Ord anG
Loup City, and an announcement Of
q new line from David City &c
Columbus recently made provides for
o connection at that point with the Al
bion, Cedar Rapids and Norfolk branch,
ca. The line from Valparaiso to Valley
junction 10 to extend ACROSS to Blair IL
q connection with the Chicago, st. E2zcl
Minneapolis and OmahA. who will use
the track jointly with the Lincoln
Denver and Pacific, and also furnish
them an entrance to Omaha over theil
line. The abandonment of their Omahl
and Council Bluffs terminus is abon
BA0 natutAi reBnlt Oh tn6 DullulDR "a
Lincoln OF the Iowa lines, OF which til,
Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy and Missouri Pacific ar,
already completed. The Minneapolis
and Omaha, assured by the connection
above mentioned, and the Rock Islant
and Milwaukee and ST. Paul, making
rapid preparations BY che time congress
is ready 30 act upon the Union
Pacific matter, these lines will be com
pleted. The Lincoln, Denver ani
PACIFIC will be running and the Uniol
Pacific, rotten to the core, shorn OF it
branches. and already slapped az ever,
vital point by the branches OF the low
roads. IL will be then ready to turn ove
to the government as . white elephant
This, in brief, lie the substance Of th
scheme against the people, and Ii
which the Iowa lines are perties. thei
share of the booty being certain Of tn
old Union Pacific territory. The inter
state commerce law is singulsrly favor
able to the accomplishment Of TIE rui
Of this magnificent property.